Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

This dataset is based on querying Wikipedia category pages for entities of interest.

Using PETScan, this dataset is generated by querying specific categories on Wikidata and extracting the entities that are part of them and describe persons.

This is used to fetch profiles of politically exposed persons and other entities of interest.

Data overview

Entities:
Total716,022
Searchable371,650
Targets278,551
Entity types:
People278,557
Positions93,093
Countries:
261 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Wikidata · Global non-official source

Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. It acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, and others.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:meta.wikimedia.org
Source data:petscan.wmcloud.org · CSV
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · At 22:00
Last processed:2025-12-16 22:13:17 · v. 20251216221317-fkd
Last change:
Warnings:1 Warning

Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Jansje BoumanPersonNetherlands
Boonthida SomchaiPersonThailand
Eduardo MagogaPersonBrazil
Permínio MonteiroPersonBrazil
Francisco Rojas BirryPersonColombia
Vinicius AithPersonBrazil
Tassanee BuranupakornPersonThailand
Rosa María López AlonsoPersonSpain
Jiang BixinPersonChina
周成奎PersonChina
姜伟PersonChina
Fernando LeandroPersonBrazil
Manuel de Almeida da Gama Lobo d'EçaPersonBrazil
Francisco GiraldesPersonBrazil
Carlos de Almeida BaptistaPersonBrazil
Code on GitHub